How much time have you got for your next leg? Any hopeful destination?

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We've have the middle two weeks of September. I've just received the remaining TAT maps & roll charts. We'll head back up to where we left off, then do the CO and UT portions of the TAT for sure, then make our way either to Las Vegas NV, or to Flagstaff, AZ (My brother lives there). We've got to get cracking on plans, logistics and arrangements... only 3 months away!

So we get out of the Warloop all sweaty and thirsty and stop at the One Stop for gas and such and a guy walks by us and says... "Jeez, some of us have to work for a living "

So I sez "Hey, we do too! This is our vacation!"

And so we gets to talking, and his name is Mark, and he's on ADV, and has heard of the TAT, and is teaching his daughter how to ride (), and hopes someday to ride the TAT, and we're swapping stories, and he tells us that we should post on ADV that the owner of the land that borders Warloop is petitioning the county to allow him to gate and close the road, and that maybe some ADVRiders in the area or even out of the area could try to convince the County of the intrinsic value to the local economy and civic pride in leaving it just the way it is.

That's all we know, Warloop's days may be numbered.

I also got the card of a guy who ran a custom motorcycle shop in Mountainburg. I kept his card in my tankbag mapcase for the rest of the trip, and now I can't remember his name, or the name of the shop, and I was going to give him a plug. My anti-spam brain circuits must be acivated now. Anyway, he was a nice guy. The card is still in my tankbag... he'll have to wait until the end of September for his ADV free advertisement.

We sensed we were near an area that had active logging... you could smell the fresh cut wood, and see the muddy ruts:

Sure enough, we had to wait a few minutes for this guy to do his thing. It was tossing and dragging tree trunks like matchsticks, and looked like it could drive over absolutely any terrain. It moved like a snake or something. Really, really cool. I wanted one sooo bad. I could have watched it all day.

I guess as mid-week remote adventure riders, I have to point out to anyone riding in similar circumstances to beware of the school buses on their AM and PM routes. I don't know where these kids are living, but the buses lumber around these little roads like they own them.

Like deer at dusk, add them to the list of things to watch out for at certain hours.

Side note: the mind boggles when considering how dependent on cheap gasoline our society is. How will these kids get their education when the small municipalities and counties can no longer afford to transport them to school?